OMB No.

1545-1804
Form 8874 New Markets Credit
2002
Department of the Treasury Attachment
Internal Revenue Service 䊳 Attach to your tax return. Sequence No. 127
Name(s) shown on return Identifying number

Part I Current Year Credit

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Name and address of the qualified Employer identification Date of initial Amount of qualified Credit (f)
community development entity (CDE) number of CDE investment equity investment rate Credit ((d) ⫻ (e))

1
5%

5%

5%
2 New markets credits from pass-through entities (if from more than one entity, see instructions):
If you are a— Then enter the total of the current year credits from—

a Shareholder
b Partner
Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S), line 13
Schedule K-1 (Form 1065), line 13
其 EIN of pass-through entity
2

3 Current year credit. Add the amounts on line 1, column (f), and line 2. Partnerships and
S corporations, see instructions 3
Part II Allowable Credit (See Who must file Form 3800 to find out if you complete Part II or Form 3800)
4 Regular tax before credits:

其
● Individuals. Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 42
● Corporations. Enter the amount from Form 1120, Schedule J, line 3;
Form 1120-A, Part I, line 1; or the applicable line of your return 4
● Estates and trusts. Enter the sum of the amounts from Form 1041,
Schedule G, lines 1a and 1b
5 Alternative minimum tax:

其
● Individuals. Enter the amount from Form 6251, line 35
● Corporations. Enter the amount from Form 4626, line 15 5
● Estates and trusts. Enter the amount from Form 1041, Schedule I, line 56
6 Add lines 4 and 5 6
7a Foreign tax credit 7a
b Credit for child and dependent care expenses (Form 2441, line 11) 7b
c Credit for the elderly or the disabled (Schedule R (Form 1040), line 24) 7c
d Education credits (Form 8863, line 18) 7d
e Credit for qualified retirement savings contributions (Form 8880, line 14) 7e
f Child tax credit (Form 1040, line 50) 7f
g Mortgage interest credit (Form 8396, line 11) 7g
h Adoption credit (Form 8839, line 18) 7h
i District of Columbia first-time homebuyer credit (Form 8859, line 11) 7i
j Possessions tax credit (Form 5735, line 17 or 27) 7j
k Credit for fuel from a nonconventional source 7k
l Qualified electric vehicle credit (Form 8834, line 20) 7l
m Add lines 7a through 7l 7m
8 Net income tax. Subtract line 7m from line 6. If zero, skip lines 9 through 12 and enter -0- on line 13 8
9 Net regular tax. Subtract line 7m from line 4. If zero or less, enter -0- 9
10 Enter 25% (.25) of the excess, if any, of line 9 over $25,000 (see instructions) 10
11 Tentative minimum tax (see instructions):

其
● Individuals. Enter the amount from Form 6251, line 33
● Corporations. Enter the amount from Form 4626, line 13 11
● Estates and trusts. Enter the amount from Form 1041,
Schedule I, line 54
12 Enter the greater of line 10 or line 11 12
13 Subtract line 12 from line 8. If zero or less, enter -0- 13
14 Credit allowed for the current year. Enter the smaller of line 3 or line 13 here and on Form 1040,
line 53; Form 1120, Schedule J, line 6d; Form 1120-A, Part I, line 2a; Form 1041, Schedule G, line
2c; or the applicable line of your return. If line 3 is greater than line 13, see instructions 14
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see instructions. Cat. No. 31663N Form 8874 (2002)
Form 8874 (2002)
General Instructions
Section references are to the Internal Revenue
Code unless otherwise noted.
Purpose of Form
Use Form 8874 to claim the new markets credit
for qualified equity investments made in qualified
community development entities (CDEs). This
credit is part of the general business credit.
A qualified CDE is a domestic corporation or
partnership:
● The primary mission of which is serving, or
providing investment capital for, low-income
communities or persons;
● That maintains accountability to residents of
low-income communities through their
representation on any governing board or
advisory board of the entity; and
● That has been certified as a qualified CDE by
the Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFI) Fund of the Department of the
Treasury.
Qualified CDEs also include specialized small
business investment companies and community
development financial institutions. See section
45D(c)(2).
A qualified equity investment is generally stock
(other than nonqualified preferred stock) in a
corporation or a capital interest in a partnership:
● Designated by the qualified CDE as a qualified
equity investment,
● Acquired solely for cash at its original issue (or
from a taxpayer for whom the investment was a
qualified equity investment), and
● Substantially all of the cost of which is used
by the qualified CDE to make qualified
low-income community investments.
Generally, a qualified CDE can designate an
equity investment as a qualified equity
investment only if it applied for and received a
new markets credit allocation from the CDFI
Fund by the date the equity investment was
made. However, an equity investment made after
April 19, 2001, and before January 1, 2003, may
be designated as a qualified equity investment if,
before 2003, the CDE was certified as a qualified
CDE and it received notification of the credit
allocation from the CDFI Fund. The maximum
amount of equity investments so designated by
the qualified CDE cannot exceed the amount of
the allocation it received from the CDFI Fund. To
the extent permitted by law, the names and
addresses of qualified CDEs that have received
an allocation for each allocation round and the
amount of that allocation will be listed on the
CDFI Fund web site at www.cdfifund.gov.
How To Figure the Credit
A credit generally is allowed to the holder of the
qualified equity investment on each of 7 credit
allowance dates. The credit allowance dates are
the date the qualified equity investment is initially
made in a qualified CDE, and that date for each
of the next 6 years. The credit is equal to the
qualified equity investment multiplied by 5% (6%
for the 4th through 7th years). However, the
credit is not allowed for a credit allowance date
if the investment is not a qualified equity
investment on that date.
Credit allowed prior to your 2002 tax year. If
you have a credit allowance date that occurs
prior to your tax year beginning in 2002, do not
file Form 8874. Instead, include the credit on line
2 of Form 3800 for the prior tax year. Enter
“NMC” and the amount of the credit on the
dotted line to the left of the entry space for line
2. Attach a statement showing the information
requested on line 1 or line 2 of this form (as
applicable), and file it with your original or
amended tax return for the tax year.
Note: The new markets credit may not be carried
back to a tax year ending before 2001.
Recapture of the Credit
You may have to increase your tax by a credit
recapture amount if at any time within 7 years
from the date of the original issuance of the
qualified equity investment:
● The entity ceases to be a qualified CDE,
● Substantially all of the proceeds of the
investment cease to be used to make qualified
low-income community investments, or
● The investment is redeemed by the entity.
See section 45D(g) for details, including how
to figure the credit recapture amount. Generally,
include the credit recapture amount on the line
for recapture taxes (e.g., the “other taxes” or
“total tax” line) on your income tax return for the
year in which the recapture event occurs
(e.g., line 61 of the 2002 Form 1040 or line 10 of
the 2002 Form 1120, Schedule J).
You are not subject to recapture of the credit
solely because you sell or otherwise dispose of
your investment. However, you cannot claim the
credit for any credit allowance date after the
disposition.
Basis Reduction
You must reduce your basis in your qualified
equity investment by the amount of the new
markets credits allowed (even if part or all of the
credit is not allowed for the current year and is
carried forward). However, do not reduce your
basis for purposes of figuring the exclusion of
gain (a) for qualified small business stock under
section 1202, (b) for certain DC zone assets
under section 1400B, and (c) for certain qualified
community assets under section 1400F.
Additional Information
For more details, see section 45D, Temporary
Regulations section 1.45D-1T, or
www.cdfifund.gov.
Specific Instructions
Part I—Current Year Credit
Figure the credit for qualified equity investments
in a qualified CDE you own on line 1. Complete
line 2 (instead of line 1) for a credit that was
allocated to you by an S corporation or a
partnership from a qualified equity investment it
made in a qualified CDE, either directly or
through another pass-through entity.
Line 1
Enter the information requested for each
qualified equity investment held directly by you
on a credit allowance date in the current tax
year. If you need more space, attach a
statement showing all the information requested
for each qualified equity investment. On the last
row on line 1, write “See attached” in column (a)
and enter the total of the credit amounts from
the attached statement in column (f).
Line 2
If you have a new markets credit from more than
one pass-through entity, attach a statement
showing the employer identification number (EIN)
and credit amount for each pass-through entity,
write “See attached” in the entry space for the
EIN, and enter the total of the credit amounts on
line 2.
Page 2
Line 3
S corporations and partnerships complete lines 1
and 2 and allocate the credit on line 3 to their
shareholders or partners on Schedule K-1.
Electing large partnerships must include this
credit in “general credits.”
Part II—Allowable Credit
The credit allowed for the current year may be
limited based on your tax liability. Use Part II to
figure the allowable credit unless you must file
Form 3800, General Business Credit.
Who must file Form 3800. You must file Form
3800 if you have:
● Another credit included in the general
business credit (other than a credit from Form
8844 or 8884) or
● A carryback or carryforward of any of those
credits.
See the instructions for Form 3800 to find out
which credits are included in the general
business credit.
Line 10
See section 38(c)(4) for special rules that apply
to married couples filing separate returns and
controlled corporate groups.
Line 11
Although you may not owe the alternative
minimum tax (AMT), you generally must still
compute the tentative minimum tax (TMT) to
figure your allowable credit. For a small
corporation exempt from the AMT under section
55(e), enter zero. Otherwise, complete and
attach the applicable AMT form or schedule and
enter the TMT on line 11.
Line 14
If you cannot use all of your credit because of
the tax liability limit (line 13 is smaller than line
3), carry the unused credit back 1 year and then
forward up to 20 years. See the instructions for
Form 3800 for details.
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